Hi Have you taken a look through: https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/I%27m+getting+too+many+open+files+error and https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/ - these give guidance on handling and increasing the open file limit so you can restore your backup.
Thanks On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 20:36, <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a Jenkins instance running and we are trying to setup a backup and > restore mechanism in case of any mishaps. We are looking for a full backup > of the Jenkins and so decided to go with PeriodicBackup plugin. With this > plugin, the backup works fine. But, we are trying to restore it in a > completely new Jenkins setup and not able to restore. When we pick the > backup file that we want to restore from, it says restoring, but nothing > happens. Even after waiting out for over 30 mins, nothing is restored. As > a work around, I stopped the Jenkins service, renamed the 'JENKINS_HOME' > (/var/lib/jenkins) folder to 'jenkins_backup' and created another folder > called 'jenkins' in the same location. In this folder, I copied all the > files from the backup and then started Jenkins (NOTE: I didn't change the > .owner file. I'm using the .owner file of the new Jenkins only). Jenkins > came up and I was able to see all the configurations from the old one. > Everything was fine. I let it like that overnight and in the morning when > I came and tried to access it, Jenkins was way too slow and I was not able > to save any new configuration. When I try I'm getting > java.io.ioexception: too many open files jenkins > error. I restarted the jenkins and it's taking too long for the UI to > come up. Am I doing anything wrong here? Any suggestions for my > requirement? > > P.S. - I tried SCMSync plugin and ThinBackup. But, problem with these are > that they don't do full backup. But, with ThinBackup both backup and > restore works fine. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/0c58b4fa-4e8b-4c53-9ca9-b99397078fae%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/0c58b4fa-4e8b-4c53-9ca9-b99397078fae%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAKotrh3N0yO5H-n7fcGf%3D%3DZJQyh76Qhag_ZcVjkw3mNrFuJafQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
